Archive for ‘media’

Two destructive impulses distort media coverage of far too many major—and minor—events. And both of these instincts were on powerful display in the recent distortions involving a non-violent, Lincoln Memorial exchange between pro-life,...

The outpouring of admiration for the late President George Herbert Walker Bush largely ignores his troubled history with the press; like all Republican presidents of the last 50 years, Bush endured carping, contemptuous treatment. One...

Jim Acosta, the aggressively arrogant reporter for CNN, posed a recent question illustrating the biggest problem with the press.
The day after midterm elections, Acosta grilled the president by saying: “I want to challenge you on one...

News media portray today’s politics as incomparably corrupt, focusing on endless scandals to tarnish politicians in general and the Trump administration in particular.
But in historical perspective, corruption is far less rampant...

Why does President Trump continue his ferocious attacks on media as “fake news” and “really bad people” who “don’t love our country”? Surely, he understands that relentless assaults won’t win him more favorable, or even...

President Trump and his supporters are absolutely right that there’s a glaring contrast between the way media treat this president and the way the press handled his predecessor, Barack Obama.
With Obama, potentially devastating...

For all his vast power, the President of the United States—any president—is always at a structural disadvantage in a “war” with the media. The First Amendment protects press rights to criticize the government, and everyone expects...

Bomb threats against Jewish Community Centers and desecration of Jewish cemeteries make the news and produce fears of surging Jew hatred, even though scientific studies show anti-Semitism at historic lows. A survey from Pew Research Center...

As he prepares to assume power, President-elect Trump and those of us who support his agenda of conservative reform should resist the temptation for pointless battles with the press. Liberal media bias is nothing new, and the most...